TO
TO A
TO A FAMILY CREATING A NEW PLACE TO CALL HOME.
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THIS
ONE.
ONE.
ONE. >>
ONE. >> Reporter: WAKE UP WITH THE
McINTYRES AND WONDER HOW SIX
KIDS, SIX OF THEM!
CAN STILL BE CALM.
>> IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE DAY.
SOME DAYS EVERYTHING GOES
SMOOTHLY AND THEN OTHER DAYS
NOBODY WANTS TO DO ANYTHING.
AND IT IS A STRUGGLE.
>> Reporter: STICK AROUND AS
THE SLEEPY SIX WHITE IN THEIR
EYES.
EYES.
EYES. AND
EYES. AND MOUTHS, AND ASK, WHAT DID
JOANNA AND CHRIS McINTYRE GET
THEMSELVES INTO?
THEMSELVES INTO? >> THAT USUALLY HAPPENS AT SOME
POINT IN THE DAY.
>> Reporter: HOLD ON, WHERE IS
THE SIXTH?
THE SIXTH? >> WE DO NOT SEE RIHANNA MUCH
IN THE MORNING.
SHE IS NOT ALWAYS FEELING
FRIENDLY AND SOCIABLE THIS
EARLY.
EARLY.
EARLY. >>
EARLY. >> Reporter: HI, HOW ARE YOU?
>> Reporter: THIS ONE STARTED
WITH THE OUTER, OLDEST LIKE
MOST FAMILIES.
MOST FAMILIES. THE ONE WHO IS ONLY CAMERA
READY IN THE AFTERNOON.
17-YEAR-OLD ARIANNA McINTYRE.
SHE MIGHT BE THE FIRST BUT THEY
DID NOT MEET HER UNTIL SHE WAS
10.
10.
10. >>
10. >> HER BIRTH MOTHER LOVED HER
BUT LOVED METH AND OTHER THINGS.
>> SHE NEEDED A FAMILY.
>> Reporter: THE OTHER FIVE
DEAD, TOO.
DEAD, TOO. ALL OF THEM WERE FOSTERED AND
EVENTUALLY ADOPTED BY JOANNA
AND CHRIS.
AND CHRIS. >> WE ARE STRONG, GIFTED
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE.
PEOPLE. HA! NO, THERE IS REALLY NOTHING
ABOUT US.
ABOUT US.
ABOUT US. IT IS NOTHING WE DID, JUST
SOMETHING WE FELT LIKE WE WERE
LED TO.
LED TO.
LED TO. >> Reporter: EVERY KID HAS A
PAST THAT IS DIFFICULT TO HEAL,
IT IS NOT MY FAULT THAT I CAN'T
THINK CLEARLY LIKE OTHER KIDS
AND IT IS DEFINITELY NOT MY
FAULT THAT I GET PICKED ON
BECAUSE OF WHAT I HAVE.
I WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THIS.
>> Reporter: EVERY KID WAS
TAKEN FROM THEIR FIRST FAMILY
BECAUSE OF SOMETHING TO DEAL
WITH DRUGS.
WITH DRUGS. TOUGH STUFF.
TOUGH STUFF. DIFFICULT TO PUT INTO WORDS FOR
THIS SIX-YEAR-OLD.
THIS SIX-YEAR-OLD. >> MY MOM AND DAD WAS FIGHTING
PICK THEN MY DAD SCRATCHED MY
MAMA.
MAMA.
MAMA. WHEN I WAS SCORE.
-- WHEN I WAS FOUR.
>> SHE AND HER BROTHER ADAM OUR
BIOLOGICAL SIBLINGS.
BIOLOGICAL SIBLINGS. MATTHEW IS THE YOUNGEST.
>> THAT IS MY WHOLE FAMILY.
>> Reporter: NOT YET, THERE IS
ALSO CONNER AND FINALLY GAVE.
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD OF FEW WORDS.
HE CAME INTO THIS FAMILY AT TWO
DAYS OLD.
DAYS OLD.
DAYS OLD. HE WAS BORN WITH METH IN HIS
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. >> THERE HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN A
FEW THAT HAVE ENTERED CARE
BECAUSE OF THE OPIOID CRISIS
AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE.
THERE IS AN INCREASE OF YOUTH
AWAITING CARE.
AWAITING CARE. >> Reporter: SHE HELPS FIND
PERMANENT HOMES FOR FOSTER KIDS.
SHE SAYS COLORADO NEEDS
HUNDREDS MORE FAMILIES TO ADOPT
AND FOSTER.
AND FOSTER. ACCORDING TO THE STATE, IN 2019,
203 KIDS AGED OUT OF THE FOSTER
CARE SYSTEM.
CARE SYSTEM. >> OUR YOUTH WHO ARE
EMANCIPATED ARE MORE LIKELY TO
BE HOMELESS, MORE LIKELY TO USE
SUBSTANCES, TO HAVE A CHILD
BEFORE THEY ARE READY, THEY
HAVE HIGHER INCARCERATION
RATES.
RATES.
RATES. THERE ARE REALLY BAD STATISTICS
AROUND THAT.
AROUND THAT. >> YOU NEED TO START EATING
DINNER.
DINNER.
DINNER. >> WE WILL DO WHAT WE CAN
BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A NEED.
>> Reporter: AS IF THIS WAS NOT
ENOUGH, THE McINTYRE'S ARE
RENEWING PAPERWORK TO FOSTER
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. >>
KIDS. >> IT IS EASIER TO SIT AND
WATCH NETFLIX, BUT I DON'T KNOW
THAT IS THE MOST SATISFYING
THING.
THING.
THING. >>
THING. >> Reporter: THEIR MOTTO WHEN
THE SCREAMING STARTS?
JUST LOVE THEM THROUGH IT.
>> WE HAVE THIS VIEW THAT IF WE
HAD OUR NATURAL CHILDREN,
EVERYTHING WOULD BE EASY.
IS NOT.
IS NOT.
IS NOT. EVERYONE LOVES TO SAY YOU ARE
SO GREAT, OUR STRUGGLES ARE NOT
MUCH WORSE THAN ANY OTHER
PARENTS.
PARENTS.
PARENTS. >> Reporter: GET READY FOR BED
WITH THE McINTYRE'S.
THERE IS NO NEED TO WONDER,
JUST LOOK.
JUST LOOK. THE REASONS THEY GOT THEMSELVES
INTO ALL THIS ARE